Fence-wire clamp



D. SPALDING.

FENCE WIRE CLAMP. APPLICATION 'rnso mm 24. 1921.

Patented Nov. 14,1922

Patented Nov. 14, 1922.

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' Application medium 24, 192i. Serial no. 480,109.

To all w ham it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID SPALDING, acitizen of Great Britain, residing at Lonerock, in the county ofGilliam, State of Oregon, U. S. A., have invented a new a-ndusefulFenceire Clamp; and I do hereby declare the following to'be a full,clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as" will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. Y

The invention relates to fence wire clamps and has for its object toprovide a. device of this character wherein the fence wire will be heldin such a manner that all of its longitudinally disposed strands will besecurely held between hingedly connected members having a metallic rodtherein and a groove registering with said rod, said rod and grooveforming means for bending the 1011- to imbed in one face thereof ametallic rod,-

one side of which metallic rod cooperates with a groove in the oppositehinged member for bending the wires of the wire fence mesh work.

With the above and other objects in View the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth,'shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention. I

In the drawings Figure l is a side elevation of the-wire clamp.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of-the wire clamp.

v Figure 3 is a perspective view of the wire clamp showing the hingedmembers partiallyopen.

Figure dis a detail view of the means for pivoting the securing bolt ofthe clamp.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of a clamp for holding the hinged clampmembers against spring outwardly during a clamping opera-- tion.

' ease esteem i v 7 Referring to the drawings v thenumerals land 2designate elongated clampingim'emhers, which members arepreferably-r;ecta1,i-- iv .gular shaped in horizontal cross section and providedwith flregistering (semi circular grooves 3 and d, said groovesextending lon-- gitudinally of the inner faces of'thc clamp ing members11 and 2. .Disposediwithin the clampmg"member.v 2xand' n" the groove 4thereof is a-longitudinally disposed metal i lic'v rod 5, whichrod isprovided-with trans- -fi I I versely disposed :bars 6disposediinrecesses clamping members 1 and 2 are forced together after the wirefencing-8 is placed therebetween and themembers 1 and 2 closed onthehinging point 9, said bar 5 will bend the longitudinallydisposed-strands 10 of the fencing 8vwhensaid bar 5 is forced into thegroove 3. By bending the strands 10 it will be seenlthat, they will beheld againstslipping when chains 11 are connected to the transverselydisposed bars 6 by connecting the chains to the eyes 12. Pivotallysecured on a cross bar 18. carried on the outer face of the upper end ofthe clamping member 2 is a threaded bolt 14, which bolt extends throughregistering slotsl5 in the free. ends 4 of the clamping members land 2and is pro- 1 vided with a lever 16, by means of which lever theclamping members 1 andl2 maybe Transversely securely clamped together.disposed bars 6 are connected to the round rod 5 by means of rivets 16,therefore it will be seen-that when a pull is imparted onthe chains 11that the strainwill be equally distributed throughout the clampfand atthe" same time so distributed that the main spring falls on thelongitudinally disposed rod 5,;'

which rod not only forms means for placing bends in the longitudinallydisposed wires 10 butalso formsmeans for bracing longitudinally theclamp as whole during a,

clamping operation. It has been found that a clamping action must bepositive throughout thelength of the clamp if slipping is to beprevented. To accomplish this result an auxlliary clamp 171s provided,which clamp members-l and 2 when they are in closed pos1t1on for,preventing outwardspringing of is adapted to be centrally disposed onthe said members during a clamping"operation. By provldlng the clampingmember 17 the size of the main clamp'may be reduced to a.v

. v minimum andall of the best results obtain able in an extremely largeclamp-i c which would be i'ln'wieldy is obtainablein a lighterconstructed clamp.

From the above it will be seen that a Wire clamp provided which issimple in, construction and one wherein the parts have been reduced to aminimum. g

i The transversely disposed plates 6 have their ends 18 provided withlugs l9 which lugs When the clamping members 1 and 2 are brought 7together overlie the side of the clamping member 1 and, form means forad ditionally holding the clamping member 1 against movement during aWire fence stretching operation The invention having been set forth Whatis claimed as new and useful is 1- A Wire fence stretching devicecomprising a pair of hingedly connected elongated rectangular shapedclamping members, the ad jacent faces of said members being providedwith longitudinally disposed semi-circular grooves in registration Witheach other, one

of said grooves having-disposedtherein a metallic rod, transverselydisposed bars carried by said metallic rod and imbedded in one of theclamping men'ibers, rivets passing through the rod the transverselydisposed bars and the clamping member for holding said parts together,the ends of the transversely disposed'hars at one side of the member onWhich they are disposed being pro vided with lugs for overlying the sideof the adjacent clamping member and means whereby members may beconnected to one end of the transversely disposed bars for imparting apull on the clamping device as a Whole.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of tWo subscribing Witnesses. v

DAVID SPALDIN'G, VVitnesses: I

ESTELLA 13., Gorr, J. B. Gorr.

